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Equinox
Yesterday we had equal light and dark in duration, equinox But you know what it’s hard to see the light when the darkness seems so dark...
stephanybrickleban
Sep 23, 20252 min read
Cairn Holy
Cairn Holy, Dumfries Scotland A stone structure, unlocking the key to life’s mysteries. But what do we see? An entrance made of stone...
stephanybrickleban
May 1, 202530 min read
Thirty Seven Percent
The sunlight through the trees is creating a cycle of warmth and then cold, as I walk through the forest. Endlessly searching for an end,...
stephanybrickleban
Sep 13, 202419 min read
#HBD
On a shared train journey down to London, in February, a friend suggested the Human Being Diet #HBD, a very brief conversation! “You eat...
stephanybrickleban
Jul 22, 20246 min read
I meant it to be this way
I meant it to be this way, a home full of love and comfort. A home that was theirs and where they could own their space within it. That...
stephanybrickleban
Jun 28, 20242 min read
Addiction
Addiction, we all have one. What’s yours? Mine used to be cigarettes, God, I loved them! But it moved on to sugar quite quickly after...
stephanybrickleban
Mar 12, 20242 min read
End of one chapter, start of another.
My contracted piece of work at York mind, is coming to an end, 31OCT23! I was contracted to design/create, facilitate, and evaluate an...
stephanybrickleban
Oct 17, 20234 min read
Hibernation
Everyone seems to be living their lives, my daughter for example, is either out partying or visiting another new, to her, country or land...
stephanybrickleban
Mar 22, 20235 min read
Superstition
Do we only like superstition when it enhances our day to day lives? I have an incredible itch on my right palm – ‘that signifies money...
stephanybrickleban
Jul 6, 20224 min read
The ever-changing female body
And just like that I’m expected to make or find peace with my ever-changing female body. Accept it for what it is. Before surgery I...
stephanybrickleban
Jun 12, 20226 min read
The human body is amazing, I am in total awe of it
Saturday last weekend I cried with every movement I made. I cried when I rolled on to my side, I cried when I pushed and forced myself up...
stephanybrickleban
May 30, 20223 min read
If I have learnt anything in this process, it’s to rest.
Rest and let your strength return, return to a capacity that enables you to go forward. Forward to fight to be heard, heard, and listened...
stephanybrickleban
May 15, 20222 min read
What’s your mission in life?
A mission is a lifelong endeavour, a journey It has no ending; the ending is when you leave this earth And then your mission continues in...
stephanybrickleban
Apr 7, 20221 min read
It's not about the cancelled operation
I know what it’s like to live in pain, I’ve done it most of my life! Had a bad back you see, then a bad hip Many aches and pains, a...
stephanybrickleban
Mar 31, 20223 min read
Rest and Go Slow.
I’ve just returned from a short trip to Germany, to visit my family and extended family. As like so many others I’ve waited a long time...
stephanybrickleban
Feb 17, 20223 min read
COVID 19
It starts in the mind and then in nose. A sensation like no other – not quite an itch, not quite the beginning of a sneeze, it’s almost...
stephanybrickleban
Jan 4, 20222 min read
Staying with pain
It’s not a new pain, I’ve felt it before I’m just not used to it It’s not a new pain I’ve felt it before I’m just not used to it And...
stephanybrickleban
Aug 4, 20206 min read
Lockdown was easy
Summer holidays are hard Lockdown was easy Summer holidays are hard With a fourteen and sixteen year old Lockdown was easy All your...
stephanybrickleban
Aug 3, 20201 min read
Anger
It comes in all forms Anger It comes in all forms Silence and control Rage Nasty words Looks Violence Hurt Pain Tears Mute Knowing when...
stephanybrickleban
Aug 1, 20201 min read
Cancelled
Is there a second wave coming? Today we should have flown to Germany. It's the second time we've postponed a flight to Germany. The media...
stephanybrickleban
Jul 29, 20201 min read
Mind Explosions
Five minute daily blog, pen to paper and typed up here for your enjoyment!1/2 minute read - -read in the waiting room, waiting for a bus, on the loo!
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